Musings of a dyer and fiber artist from Lord of the Rings and Narnia country, the South Island of New Zealand.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

A spot of dyeing...

I bought 3 Rowan fabrics that caught my eye in the local Bernina store's sale. I have no idea what I'll do with them, but decided to dye some multicoloured fabric to go with them, rather than dye fabrics in just one colour as I've done for the striped quilt. Here's the results -

Matching colours is never easy, and I'm out of Lemon Yellow which I use to make lime green, so I was attempting to make a green using Tangerine. However, I was only dyeing metre lengths so each colour I used was 100 mls or less. This makes colour mixing quite tricky with such a small quantity so there is far more yellow than lime. The blue background is difficult to replicate, too, as this is not a shade of blue I have in a dye.

Dyeing the fabric is the easy part. Now I have to think of a way to use these 6 metres of fabric together. Any suggestions?

6 comments:

I so like the colours together.There is a pattern with a "H" in it, or diamonds that go across the qullt? Will they be in a quilt??I can see them in a softish throw to go over a settee. Yes, we do have a B&B, and meet those from all over the world. Lovely people so interesting to meet. Greetings to your Chinese student.Enjoy NZ, your study, Shirley's home and her wonderful company, quilting, photos and all else. Cheers from Jean.

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My children think I've become a hippy. My mother can't imagine why people would pay me to teach them to quilt and dye fabric. She thinks I like making bedspreads. I'm a dyer and fibre artist, living with 2 Standard Poodles and 2 cockatiels. I' currently live in New Zealand's Victorian town and steampunk capital, Oamaru. I'm a member of TOTE, The Oamaru Textile Emporium.